Identification device.



C. F. GOLDBECK.

IDENTIFICATION DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-8. I9I6.

,%25,3% Patented May 8,1917.

@NEED PATENT CHARLES F. GOLDBECK, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANA.

o IDENTIFICATION DEVICE.

Application filed August 8, 1918.

To all whom t may concern.

Be it known that l, CHARLES F. GOLD- nnoK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful identification Device, ofwhich the following is a specilication.

My invention consists of an identification device comprising anattaching plate provided with a chamber adapted to receive anidentification card or strip, and a covering piece for said chamber',whereby said card or strip is retained in place, means being providedfor locking said piece with said plate so as to prevent improperseparation of the latter.

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanayingdrawing, but the important instrumentalities thereof may be varied, andso it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to thespeciiic details shown and described.

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of an identication deviceembodying my invention.

Fig. 2 represents a front elevation lof the attaching plate of thedevice.

Fig. 3 represents a front elevation of the covering piece of the device.

Fig. 4 represents a. horizontal section on line 4 4 Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 represents a longitudinal section on line 5-5 Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 represents a face view of an identification card or strip thatmay be employed.

Fig. 7 represents a horizontal section of a modification.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings.

1 designates a plate of sheet metal or other suitable material, the sameforming the body portion f the device and having therein alongitudinally-extending depression or chamber 2, and being providedwith eyes 3, whereby it may be sewed or riveted to a garment of thewearer of the device.

4 designates a piece or bar of sheet steel or other suitable metal ormaterial, the same having on its inner face a longitudinallyextendingdepression or chamber 5, said piece being -imposed on the plate 1 andconnected therewith by the pivot pin 6, whereby said depressions 5 and 2are in reg- Speeication of Letters Patent.

Patented May 8, 49T?.

serial No. 113,686.

ister forming the enlarged chamber 7 to receive the identification cardor strip S'which may be rolled or folded so as to be placed in saidchamber 7, it being noticed 'that the bar 4 may be turned laterally onthe pivot pin thus opening the chamberl 7, and permitting the card orstrip to be placed thereinto, after which said bar may be returned toits normal position, thus closing the chamber 7 and retaining the cardor strip S within the same. n order to prevent improper motion of thebar and the consequent opening of the chamber 7, l provide means forlocking said bar with said plate, and vice versa. For this purpose, formin the bar the teat 9, and in the plate the socket 10, or vice versa,said socket and teat being preferably struck-up on the respectivemembers so that one may enter the other and engage after the manner of asnap-fastening. Then as the bar 4 is resilient in its nature, it may bemoved laterally by superior force applied thereto, and bent outwardlywhereby the teat 9 emerges from the socket 10 or vice versa, and thechamber 7 is thereby uncovered and open and access is had to the card orslip 8 when the latter may be removed, and the identiiication matterthereon read-off.

When the card or strip is placed in the chamber 7, the latter may becovered by properly moving the bar 4 to its closing position, when thesocket and teat snap together, and the card or strip is retained in saidchamber, and the latter guarded against improper opening.

It will be seen also that in opening the chamber 7 the resilientcovering bar is bent out and so raised clear of the socket 10. It may beturned to the right or left and so opened when it will springbackagainst the face of the plate 1 and remain there leaving the chamber7 uncovered, whereby the card or strip may be placed in said chamber orremoved therefrom without said bar swinging back on said chamber andinterfering with the open condition thereof.

Then when sufficient power is applied to the bar it may be turned to theright or left when the teat 9 will ride over the socket 10 and thenspring into the latter, the bar then resuming its flat condition uponthe plate 1.

The sides of the bar 4 which extend from the depression 5 form flangeswhich will lie Hat closely against the plate 1 forming a tight jointwith the latter preventing the entrance of dirt, etc., into thedepression 5 and consequently into the chamber 7.

In Fig. 7 I show a depression formed only in the plate l, while the bar4 is flat in its nature and covers said depression, this, however,reducing the size of the chamber to receive the identiiication card orstrip, without producing di'erent results from those of the previousigures. A

rIhe device will be found eminently serviceable, especially in these wartimes, when soldiers and sailors will be provided with the same, so thatin case o wounds or death the card or strip 8 having the matter shownthereon, or any other that may be advantageous, provides m-eans Jforindicating the person who wears the device as is evident, but, ofcourse, I do not limit the use of the device to soldiers and sailors.

I-Iaving thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. An identiiication device composed of an attaching plate, a bar ofresilient material which is connected pivotally with said plate, saidbar and plate having between them a chamber for receiving identificationmatter, said bar being adapted to cover and uncover said chamber andmeans on said bar and plate for locking said bar in closed pov sitionover said chamber, said bar being adapted to be bent out from itspivotal end thus disconnecting the locking means and turned to the rightor left and to spring back flat upon said attaching plate preserving theuncovered condition of said chamber.

2. An identification device composed of an attaching plate, a bar whichis connected pivotally with said plate, said bar and plate havingbetween them a chamber for receiving identification matter, said barbeing adapted to cover and uncover said chamber, and means for lockingsaid bar and plate with each other, said bar being of resilient materialand held at one end on said plate by the pivot of the plate, and havinga member of said locking means on the free end of the bar, the sides ofthe bar extending from the side walls of said chamber forming iiangeswhich are adapted to rest fiat on said attaching plate.

3. An identification device composed of an attaching plate, and aresilient bar which is connected pivotally with said plate, said bar andplate having between them a chamber for receiving identification matter,said bar being adapted to cover and uncover said chamber, said bar beingprovided on its free end with a teat, and said plate being pro-v videdwith a socket with which said teat may be engaged for resilientlylocking said bar with said plate, the sides of said bar forming on thesides of said chamber flanges which are adapted to rest flat on saidattaching plate.

4. An identification device composed of an attaching plate having alocking member thereon, a resilient laterally movable bar pivotallyconnected at one end with said plate and having on its free end alocking member adapted to engage that on said attaching plate, said barbeing bendable by its resiliency in and out from said pivot, said barand plate having in the same a chamber ,tor containing theidentification matter.

5. An id entiiication device composed of an attaching plate having alocking member thereon, a resilient laterally movable bar pivotallyconnected at one end with said plate and having on its free end alocking member adapted to engage that on said attaching plate, said barbeing bendable by its resiliency in and out from said pivot, said barand plate having in the same a chamber i'or containing theidentification matter, the sides of said bar forming on the sides ofsaid chamber flanges which are adapted to rest I'lat on said attachingplate.

6. An identification device, comprising an attaching plate and acovering bar therefor, with a chamber between the same, said coveringbar being of resilient material and pivotally connected at one end withsaid plate to swing in a plane substantially parallel therewith, andinterengaging locking means on said plate and bar beyond said chamber,said bar being adapted to be iexed during the locking and unlockingmovements.

C. D. MGVAY.

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